information@isgm.org. } JOSH REYNOLDS/AP/SHUTTERSHOCK In 1990, two thieves, dressed as police officers, entered Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and slipped away with $500 million of work, including. slideInModal('Up'); McShane believed that Bulger had something to do with it because it was technically on the turf which Bulger claimed to be his. var ctx = this; setNewsletterCookie('recentlyShown', 1); Boston Police Department suspect sketches and descriptions. Patrick's Day in Bostontwo men dressed as police officers, entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, tied up the two night guards, and left 81. Donati was found stabbed to death, and nearly beheaded, in the trunk of an abandoned Cadillac in Revere, Massachusetts in 1991. It's said that the thieves acted like they had the run. Robert Gentile as seen in This is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist on Netflix. Season 1 is about the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist: In the early hours of March 18th, 1990, two thieves posing as police officers were admitted into the Gardner Museum in Boston. Authorities were initially suspicious of the two young guards on duty that night. + ' @media (max-width: 767px){ .close-signup {top:0 !important;} }' You are currently logged into this Artnet News Pro account on another device. Although local gangster Bobby Donati was in prison at the time of the heist, he was believed to have possibly been the mastermind behind the entire thing. // Hide the errors closeSignupBar(); Its a big joke, Gentile told the Associated Press when he was released from prison in March 2019. // ------------------------------------------------------------------- He had convictions for selling cocaine as well as a shocking 1981 conviction for murdering two women in Quincy. Major art museums across the state . document.cookie = prefix + cname + "=" + cvalue + ";" + expires + ";path=/"; Photo courtesy of the FBI, public domain. A post shared by The best podcast in Boston (@olddirtyboston). var $modal = $('#ouibounce-modal'); On March 18, 1990, a pair of thieves disguised as Boston police officers entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and stole 13 priceless works of art. } Early in the morning of March 18, 1990, two thieves disguised as police officers robbed the . Privacy Statement Connor is also the son of a police officer, and a member of Mensa, a society reserved for people with high IQs. $modal.find('.form-row').hide(); The FBI believes that convicted bank robber and mob associate Robert Unc Guarente was the most likely recipient of the art he died in 2004. The walls of the office of Anthony Amore, the chief of security of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in . Standard subscriptions can be purchased on the subscription page. clearInterval(initOuibounce); var ouibounceScript = '